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Contacting Crystals and People: A Research Project and Plan to Develop a Self-Sustaining Student Exchange Program

Contacting Crystals and People: A Research Project and Plan to Develop a Self-Sustaining Student Exchange Program

 

The growth of single crystals of semiconductors has enabled the modern information age, providing silicon crystals with unprecedented control of defects and impurities for computer chips. Other crystals have enabled energy-efficient solid-state white lighting (indium gallium nitride), infrared imaging (mercury cadmium telluride), and multi-junction solar cells with record-breaking efficiency (III-V semiconductors). In this seed project, researchers at the University of Freiburg (led by Dr. Tina Sorgenfrei) and The Pennsylvania State University (Prof. Suzanne Mohney) will grow, modify, and characterize layered chalcogenide crystals that have great potential for new electronic and photonic devices, including modifying the crystals so that they are easy to contact (easy to allow electricity to enter or leave the devices). Through exchange of students and samples, they will share knowledge about complementary crystal growth and processing techniques. They will also engage other researchers on their campuses to plan a collaborative proposal to fund continued research and student exchange.

 


Organisers

Dr. Tina Sorgenfrei

Department Crystallography, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Freiburg

Email
Homepage https://www.krist.uni-freiburg.de/de/persoenliche-seiten/dr-tina-sorgenfrei

Prof. Suzanne Mohney

Department Materials Science and Engineering
PennState University

Email
Homepage http://www.matse.psu.edu/directory/faculty/suzanne-mohney